Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-30
SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.
The Chattanooga Trademarks State
ment OF the Progress Of Southern
Developments
Texas IN the Lead in tho Matter Of Ere ct.
ing Flour and Grist Militia Fine
Showing.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 23.-Th'
Tradesman of this city has prepared /,
tsbuleted statement for the purpose o.
showing the progress OF Industrial devel
opment during the year 1887 in the south
ern states-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida
Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Yves
Virginia. The Tradesman appends to
the statement note to the effect that
although many of the manufacturing com
panies therein enumerated as organized
| during the year, did not in fact cree,
buildings and begin work, and may moi
do so before the close of another year
The exhibit is given as showing the tend
ency throughout the south to engage in
industrial pursuits.
The most important enterprise
enumerated in the statement and the tota!
number Of such enterprises in the states
named are: Agricultural implement fac
tories, 2; breweries, s.; bridge works, s;
car works, %; cotton and woolen mills,
147; electric light works, 50; -four and
grist mills, III; foundries and machine
shops, 1874; blast furnaces, So; gas COM
Danies, 81; glass works. II; ice factories,
80; mines and quarrles, 5O4; natural gas
companies, lis; Oil mills, As; pipe works,
4; batteries, 10; railroad companies, 292 +;
rolling mills, %; stamp mills and smelt-
ers, 45; steel plants, 10; street railways,
1872; waterworks, 1856; wood working
establishments, $40; miscellaneous, $40.
There were organized in Alabama
agricultural implement works, bridge
works, Car works, Is cotton and wooden
mills, foundries and machine shops, 80
mining and quarrying companies, II
natural gas companies, 2 pipe works, Al
railroad companies, IA rolling mills, 3
steel plants, 20 wsterworks, 80 gas COM
panies, 16 electric light works, I04 wood
works and Is miscellaneous industries.
In Arkansas-Four csr works, cotton
and wooden mills, blast furnaces,
SO mines and quarTies, 40 rail
road companies and Is stamp mills and
smelters. In the last named b1anch Ar
kansas also takes first place.
In Florida-Nine tobacco factories, 4
cotton and wooden mills, 80 railroad com
panies, IL waterWorks, AZ woodworking
establishments.
In Georgia-Nine agricultural imple-
ment works, "a cotton and wooden mills,
l blast furnace company glass works,
6S mines and quarries, So railroads, %
street railways and 90 woodworking
shops.
La Kentucky-Four cotton and wooden
mills, blast furnaces, 80 mines and quar-.
ries. 81 natural gas companies, tool
works; 6 weterworks anG 80 wood work
ing shops.
In Louisisna-Fifteen blast furnaces,
9 mines and quarries, 6 Oil mills, 9 dis
tilleries, s potteries, s rice mills, 5 sugar
mills and % W )od-working shops.
In Mississippi-Three cotton and wool
en- mills, blast furnace, 4 mines and
quarries, s railroad companies, 15 wood
working shops and 81 miscellaneous.
In North Carolina-Twelve carriage
and wagon works, 81 cigar and tobacco
factories, &c cotton and wooden mills (the
state leading the south in this branch),
81 -four and gristmills, Ii ice factories, SO
mines and quarries, Ii railroads, street
railways and 81 woodworking shops.
In South Csrolina-Twenty- one cot
ton and wooden mills, 10 mines and quar-
ries, waterworks, l rice mill, 6 rail-
roads, IA woodworking shops.
In Tennessee-Seven agricultural nipple
mept works. 5 barrel factories,2 car works,
scarriage and wagon works, IL cotton and
woolen mills, Is electric light works, 16
-four and grist mills, Sc foundries and
machine shops, IA blast furnaces, 10 gas
companies, IL glass works (the greatest
number in any southern state), 16 ice
factories, SO mines and quarries
{ Tennessee leads the south also
in this branch of Industry, 81
natural gas and oil companies, oil mills,
8 potteries, 81 railroad companies, l roll
ing mill, 2astill plants, 81 street railways,
6 tool works, Is waterworks, 101 wood
working shops and la miscellaneous.
In Texas-Three car works, Car wheel
works, 19 cotton and wooden mills, 20
electric light works, 81 -four and grist
mills Texas Leading in this branch), 81
foundries and machine shops, II ice fac
tories, Al mines and quarries, 9 natural
gas companies, oil mile, 81 railroads,
IL street railways, 20 water works, ~
wood working shops.
In Vrgipia-Ten cigar and tobacco
factories, cotton and wooden mills, IL
electric light works, 13 -four and grist |
mills, 6 blast furnaces, 10 gas companies,
50 mines and quarries, IL natural gas |
2 potteries, "a railroads, 5
rolling mills, 2 steel plants, s street rail-
ways, IL waterworks and 26 wood work
ng shops.
In West Vi-ginia-One car works, 2
cotton and weolen mills, blast furnaces.
glass works, potseries, IL railroads, |
teel plant, 20 wood working shops, 81
mines and quarries.